Truck Nuts

Either a sure sign of the Apocalypse or the poster object for the time-honored theory that people will buy anything, Truck Nuts proved that large trucks are merely a form of owner's compensation for lacking, uh, "attributes." The funny thing is, these danglers are horribly out of proportion with the vehicles from which they are hung.



Seriously. Those things would look tiny on a Prius. Nice try, Mr. Big Ass Truck Owner. You have tiny balls.

The High Wheel Bicycle

Just look at this thing.

This was not the first bicycle, but it was the first pedal-powered, two-wheeled form of transport to be called a bicycle. It is now called "The Face Paster" or "sublimely retarded."

The high wheel bicycle cost about six months' salary, so it was essentially a playtoy of the rich, and boy, nothing says smug like a handlebar-moustachioed fratboy cruising high above the crowd. And nothing says hilarity like that guy falling from great heights onto a fire hydrant, or the Victorian-era comedic equivalent.

The phrase "taking a header" actually comes from the traditional dismount from the high wheel bicycle as shown in the picture above. A well-placed rock, stick, or infant could bring the rider down in a spectacular fashion. I'd argue that the rider probably deserved it.